Tech Lead
Posted 2 Feb 2026
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- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- Remote
- Contract
- Full-time
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Field of studyComputer Science, Engineering (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
EggAI · Full-time · Remote (EU only)
The Role
You will lead a team of 2 to 6 engineers delivering an AI project for one of our enterprise clients. You are accountable for that delivery from the architecture to the timeline, passing through the quality standards.
Clients come to us because we work at the forefront of AI in the enterprise, and we deliver high quality solutions. You help implement our AI strategy alongside them — backend services, event-driven architectures and multi-agent systems in modern Python.
This is a hands-on lead role with a real management component. You write code, you own the technical direction, and you are also helping your engineers grow. The people management side has active support from EggAI's head of engineering whenever you need it — you are not left to figure out career conversations or difficult feedback on your own.
This is a remote position. We only accept candidates located in the EU.
What You'll Own
Delivery
- Accountability for the delivery: scope, sequencing, technical decisions, quality and timeline
- Working day to day with the client and with the project manager / product owner to turn what they need into a plan the team can execute
- Being honest about estimates and risk, early
Leading the team
- Lead, mentor and grow a team of 2 to 6 backend and AI engineers in a remote-first environment
- Regular 1:1s, constructive feedback, and support for career development — with the head of engineering backing you up as needed
- Raising the bar through code and design review
Technical direction
- Drive architecture decisions for scalable, async-first Python systems
- Make sure our engineering practices are actually followed — ADRs, TDRs, architecture principles, testing, documentation and security
- Contribute hands-on to the critical services, APIs and AI orchestration paths
Ways of working
- Run the team's rhythm: daily standups, planning, retrospectives
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience leading small engineering teams (2-6 engineers) in a technical capacity, while remaining hands-on
- Has been accountable for a delivery, not just for a codebase
- Strong coding skills with deep knowledge of async programming and backend development